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Wreckfest 2 early access review Wheel meet again Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / THQ Nordic Developer: Bugbear Publisher: THQ Nordic Release: March 20th, 2025 On: Windows From: Steam Price: £25/$30/€30 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Windows 10 “That’s okay,” I say as my car somersaults into the hot dirt and loses a wheel. “I still have three tyres left.” My right fender hits another driver and dissolves into splinters, like rusty confetti at a wedding for metallurgists....

Yes, after 13 years it really does look like retrofuture survival horror Routine has a release date Changing things up Image credit:Lunar Software It is more than commonplace these days for games to get some kind of delay, in fact it’s surprising when the big boy names don’t get one, like, say, GTA 6, which was meant to be out this year, but got pushed to 2026 . But it’s rare that most games take more than 13 years to develop, an amount of time which retrofuture moonbase horror game Routine did in fact take....

You can check out Celtic-fantasy action RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate until next week in its free pre-alpha test Set in the world of the 2010 MMO Image credit:Nexon I’m not personally familiar with Nexon’s 2010 MMO Vindictus , but its upcoming action-RPG spin-off Vindictus: Defying Fate is looking like a fairly flashy mix of Celtic mythology, dodge-and-slash swordplay and some sharp visuals. Luckily for me and you, we’ll be able to give it a go for free for the next week, as the game’s pre-alpha playtest is now live over on Steam....

You can give Overwatch 2’s new drill-wielding, burrowing damage hero Venture a spin for free later this week Ahead of Season 10’s arrival next month Image credit:Blizzard Overwatch 2 ’s next damage hero Venture is tunnelling into the free-to-play shooter a little early - for a while anyway. Before the new drillin’ DPS makes their official arrival next month, they’ll be available to take for a spin from tomorrow through the weekend....

Zotac Zone review: want a faster Steam Deck OLED? It’ll cost ya The priciest Deck rival yet, albeit one with loads of hardware tricks Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Zotac are one of the better graphics card makers of the post-EVGA era, so even as the early pangs of handheld gaming PC fatigue start to creep in, I’ve been keeping a hopeful eye on the Zotac Zone . This is their take on a Steam Deck rival, or more specifically, the Steam Deck OLED , as this is the first real competitor to go for a similarly star-bright, colour-erupting AMOLED display....

13 years on, TimeSplitters Rewind will finally launch this November, smooshing all three Free Radical games together Do or Doak time Image credit:TimeSplitters Rewind team Enough time has passed that all I can remember of the Timesplitters series is a map’s worth of landmine-throwing monkeys. It’s possible this is an actual traumatic event from my youth, warped into a harmless videogame anecdote by years of cold water therapy and hypnosis....

16 Manor Lords tips and tricks for beginners Become the ultimate Manor Lord with our tips for beginners and advanced players alike Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Hooded Horse Looking for some tips and tricks to help you get started in Manor Lords? It’s quite astonishing, what Slavic Magic - predominantly a one-person dev team - has done in creating Manor Lords . The newest city-builder on the block does a whole lot of things rather differently to most games in the genre, with a gridless building and roads system and the inclusion of Total War-style combat being the two features players have talked about the most ahead of release....

700 Ubisoft staff in France hold strikes in response to worldwide return to office mandate from Assassin’s Creed publisher Following call in September by the STJV Image credit:Ubisoft Back in September, open world publisher Ubisoft put out a 3-days-weekly return to office mandate for their entire staff worldwide - a decision that French Video Game Workers Union (STJV) said was “made without any tangible justification or any consultation with the workers’ representatives”....

A Just Cause movie is in production, with Blue Beetle director in charge Que Rico Image credit:Square Enix Destructive third-person action game Just Cause is getting made into a movie, produced by the men behind The Fall Guy and Nobody, according to the Hollywood Reporter . This isn’t the first time the over-the-top explode ’em up has been in line to get the big screen treatment. Another version spent years in development hell until the rights lapsed....

All 48 Hollow Knight Silksong bosses in order Find and beat all of Hollow Knight Silksong’s bosses with this guide Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Team Cherry Looking for a full list of all of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s bosses in order? Hornet’s quest in Hollow Knight: Silksong will see her face a whole mess of insectoid beasties in a kingdom ruled by silk and song, and many of these bosses are just as challenging as their forebears in the original Hollow Knight....

Arc Raiders’ first proper patch sets up some stormy bunker raids, and stops you being pushed through a wall Three new map conditions arrive Saturday Image credit:Embark Arc Raiders ’ first proper patch, assuming you’re a member of the honourable sect who don’t count hotfixes as patches, has arrived. It’s relatively small, but it does set up three new map conditions that’ll be unleashed in the shooter this weekend, as well as fixing some pesky bugs....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows guide: how to parry and deflect Learn how to parry, deflect, and counter as Naoe or Yasuke Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft How do you parry and deflect enemies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? As much as you’d like to sneak around in Assassin’s Creed Shadows , you’ll still be spending a lot of time facing enemies head on. The best way to survive these encounters is having a strong defense....

Best Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Tanto .22 loadout and class setup Here’s how to set up the very best Tanto .22 loadout in Black Ops 6 Image credit:Activision Looking to build the best Tanto .22 loadout in Black Ops 6? The Tanto .22 comes out of the gate fast and heavy in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6, mowing down the opposition with hard-hitting power. With excellent three shot killing potential, the Tanto ....

Best Sorceries in Elden Ring Here are the best Sorceries in Elden Ring Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/From Software Looking for the best Elden Ring Sorceries? Sorceries are a type of magic in Elden Ring that scale with the Intelligence stat . Unlike Incantations , which use Faith and Sacred Seals to cast, Sorceries are cast with Staffs . There are various types of Sorceries in Elden Ring like Magma, Death, Gravity, Glintstone, Cold, Carian and Aberrant which vary in effect and damage type....

Bonny Gaol walkthrough - Elden Ring Shadow Of The Erdtree Here’s how to clear Bonny Gaol in Shadow Of the Erdtree Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Bandai Namco Looking for a full rundown of Bonny Gaol in Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree? Bonny Gaol is a mini-dungeon in Elden Ring ’s DLC Shadow Of The Erdtree that has a little bit of everything, from prison cages to rooms replete with jars to sewer caverns with giant rats, just itching to rip your Tarnished to shreds....

Bungie reveal fixes for Destiny 2 The Final Shape DLC connection bugs, as players battle weirdly scented error codes Rolling server restart puts paid to rogue Currants Image credit:Bungie I’ve set aside some time this evening for Destiny 2 ’s latest expansion The Final Shape, which launched last night. My pal Liam suggested we play this evening because Bungie’s servers would inevitably go up in flames the moment it launched. And what do you know?...

Bungie’s pink cyborg pussycat teases a proper Marathon trailer Blue blooded Image credit:Bungie / Sony Bungie have released a trailer for a trailer for extraction shooter Marathon . Last week the studio teased the possibility of an announcement with some cryptic tweets. The alien code was garbled but the message was clear: some substantial news about the upcoming FPS would likely be shared soon. We’ve still not heard that news, really....

Come steal the bodies of your robot foes in RAM: Random Access Mayhem, out now in early access Still has a demo Image credit:Xylem Studios / Hawthorn Games Did last week’s paranormal body-swapper Slitterhead leave you cold? Do you consider its brain-jacking of rando cityfolk for monster-hunting purposes a sad waste of potential? Perhaps you’ll prefer RAM: Random Access Mayhem , out now in Steam early access , in which you’re a fugitive AI hopping between warlike robot bodies in top-down view....

Command & Conquer Remastered devs return to their 8-Bit RTS series with new sequel 9-Bit Armies A Bit Too Far is out now in early access Image credit:Petroglyph Petroglyph, the makers of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection and The Great War: Western Front , have just released their next RTS game into early access. 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far is a sequel to their 8-Bit Armies series of real-time strategy games , the first of which came out all the way back in 2016....

Commandos Origins plants a release date under an enemy tank, will detonate in two months time Tick tock tick tock Image credit:Kalypso Media Better get yer cigar chompin’ mouth muscles warmed up. Second world war sabotage ’em up Commandos: Origins now has a release date, and it’s fairly soon. Good news for people who enjoy sniping fascists from across the map while commanding a barrel-armed Irishmen to simultaneously slit a throat....